Item 1 Call to Order

Mr. Ramon Colon recently graduated from UNF with a BS Electrical Engineering. During his tenure as a student, he joined Dr. Pat Welsh’s UNF-IBM research project on advanced weather models for hurricane mitigation and was recognized by IBM as an LA Grid Scholar.

Although it is extremely rare for IBM Research to hire at the BS level, Mr. Colon recently accepted an employment offer from them in Yorktown, New York.

Policy Guidelines of the Florida State University System require each institution to develop and publish clearly defined guidelines consistent with system policies for establishing, operating, evaluating/reviewing, and disbanding university centers and institutes. This document responds to this requirement and is being presented for approval by this Committee.

Vice President Serwatka will address the Committee and present the policy.

The tenure nomination before the Committee is being recommended under the tenure by reason of appointment procedures. Under these procedures, the administration recommends awarding tenure to Dr. Michael Philip Toglia, Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences.

Provost Mark Workman will address the Committee and present this request.

In the continued effort to keep trustees apprised of current metrics and trends within the University, Associate Vice President Deb Kaye will present a progress brief on current fall enrollments and the profile for this year’s first-time-in-college students.